The Power Threat Meaning Framework #PTMFramework
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Description: The Power Threat Meaning Framework PTMFramework Slides Lucy Johnstone Mary Boyle 2019 Understand the core principles of the Power Threat Meaning Framework and how it offers support and validation for nondiagnostic approaches
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The Power Threat Meaning Framework #PTMFramework Slides © Lucy Johnstone & Mary Boyle (2019) Understand the core principles of the Power Threat Meaning Framework and how it offers support and validation for non-diagnostic approaches, including culturally-specific perspectives and practices Demonstration of how the Framework perspective can be used in practice Learn about applications of the Power Threat Meaning Framework across various settings Access relevant documents and resources 2 Learning Outcomes Contributors to the project over a 5 year period Lucy Johnstone, Mary Boyle, John Cromby, Jacqui Dillon, Dave Harper, Peter Kinderman, Eleanor Longden, David Pilgrim, John Read, with editorial/research support from Kate Allsopp Consultancy group of service users/carers Critical reader group to advise on diversity Other expert contributions including examples of good practice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhdA3xB63GE An attempt to outline an alternative to the diagnostic model of distress and unusual experiences A set of ideas and a conceptual resource, not formal recommendations or ‘how to’ manual Funded by the Division of Clinical Psychology of the British Psychological Society but not an official DCP or BPS model Co-produced with experts by experience, both within the core project team and as an advisory group Not a replacement for all current models and practices. It offers a wider overall framework to support and enhance them... ..... as well as suggesting new ways forward, both within and beyond services 5 The Power Threat Meaning Framework Relevant to a wide range of stakeholders, for eg public health, social policy, mental health, acute healthcare, education, criminal justice settings, social care, peer supporters, experts by experience, carers, health commissioners, researchers, voluntary sector workers, teachers and trainers, policy makers, academics, journalists, and the general public The documents are a first stage, subject to ongoing development in the light of evaluations and feedback from particular settings The PTMF has attracted national and international interest, although controversial in some quarters 6 The Power Threat Meaning Framework ‘The DCP is of the view that it is timely and appropriate to affirm publicly that the current classification system as outlined in DSM and ICD, in respect of the functional psychiatric diagnoses, has significant conceptual and empirical limitations. Consequently, there is a need for a paradigm shift in relation to the experiences that these diagnoses refer to, towards a conceptual system not based on a ‘disease’ model’ (May 2013) 7 DCP Position Statement on ‘Classification of behaviour and experience in relation to functional psychiatric diagnosis’